Hi Tug, Thank you very much for your presentation and for this follow-up - I found it fascinating. I am interested in finding ways to leverage Mastodon; I like the whole "fediverse" concept. Would you be able to share the slide with me where you broke down "federated" vs. "distributed" vs. "centralized"? If you have a couple of free minutes, I recommend checking out the song "Carmen" by Stromae. I agree that charging for the "blue ticks" makes them totally pointless. Do you think we should make a Mastodon for the OCLUG? Should we offer to make one for Twitter itself (does anyone here have a Twitter and can send Elon a message)? Cheers, Katie ________________________________ From: Tug Williams <tug [ dot ] williams [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> Sent: 04 November 2022 10:05 To: linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> Subject: [linux] Follow up on last night's Twitter / Mastodon talk Attention : courriel externe | external email I heard an interesting item on the radio this morning, relating to the pending firing of lots of Twitter staff. There was an interview with a journalist (with a Twitter blue tick), who said she'd not be paying for the blue tick, because if it can be purchased, then it loses it's meaning of proving trustworthiness. Tug To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org